Francistown in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Francistown in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FrancistownBotswana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Francistown plotted against Botswana. The SNDi of new construction in Francistown rose steadily, while Botswana peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Francistown's incremental SNDi rose from 4.73 to 5.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Francistown ranked 7th out of 7 in Botswana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.18
Rank in Botswana
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in Botswana
7th of 7

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FrancistownSkarduLubutu

In new street additions, Francistown built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Skardu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Lubutu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Francistown became progressively more disconnected, while Skardu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Lubutu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Francistown and Skardu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.